Eavesdrop can be categorized as a verb.
Verb |
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| eavesdrop - listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations" | ||
Noun |
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| eavesdrop - The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house. | ||
| eavesdrop - The space around a house on which such water drips. | ||
| eavesdrop - A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building. | ||
| eavesdrop - The act of intentionally hearing a conversation not intended to be heard. |
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| 1. | verb | I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your talk. | |
| 2. | verb | I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but I did overhear you. | |
| 3. | verb | I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation. | |
| 4. | verb | A bug on the Macintosh version of the Flash software allows malicious websites to covertly eavesdrop on visitors using their webcam and microphone. | |
| 5. | verb | You shouldn't eavesdrop. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your talk. | |
| I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but I did overhear you. | |
| I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation. | |
| A bug on the Macintosh version of the Flash software allows malicious websites to covertly eavesdrop on visitors using their webcam and microphone. | |
| You shouldn't eavesdrop. | |